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Snatcher
System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Sega Saturn
Publisher: Konami
Developer:
Original system(s): PC-8801
Sound driver:
Sega Saturn
SCSP (1 track)
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega-CD
Justifier
Genre: Adventure[1]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
US 		T-95035
Sega Mega-CD
EU 		T-95035-50
Sega Mega-CD
UK 		£39.9939.99[3] T-95035-05
Sega Mega-CD
AU
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥5,8005,800 T-9508G
Non-Sega versions

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Snatcher (スナッチャー) is a graphic adventure game produced by Konami. It was originally released for the Japanese PC-8801 and MSX2 computers in 1988 and later remade for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² in 1992. In 1994, a Sega Mega-CD version was made specifically for the west and released in North America and Europe without any equivalent version on the Japanese Mega-CD. In 1996, the game was re-released in Japan once again, this time on the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

It was written and directed by Hideo Kojima, who would go on to become famous thanks to the success of the Metal Gear Solid series, although he was not directly involved with the Mega-CD version or the later 32-bit console versions. It was followed by Policenauts, which Kojima also wrote and directed.

Production credits

Mega-CD version

  • Producer: Tomikazu Kirita, Yutaka Haruki
  • Creator: Hideo Kojima
  • Character Design: Tomiharu Kinoshita
  • Supervisor: Jeremy Blaustein
  • Director: Yoshinori Sasaki
  • Assistant Director: Mitsuhiro Togo
  • Staff:
    • Main Programmer: Masahiko Saito
    • Sub Programmer: Yoshinori Sasaki, Hidenari Inamura
    • Utility Program: Mitsuhiro Togo, Hidenari Inamura
    • Sound Programmer: Osamu Kasai, Akira Souji
    • Main Graphic Designer: Satoshi Kushibuchi
    • Graphic Designer: Keita Nose, Yuichi Kobayashi, Keiichirou Toyama, Sakura, Junko. K, Mihoko
    • Sound Design: Keizou Nakamura, Masanori Adachi, Kazuhito Imai, Masanori Ouchi, Akira Yamaoka
    • Scenario Command Compiler: Toshiya Adachi
    • Scenario Command Interpreter: Hidenari Inamura
    • Scenario Rewrite: Mitsuhiro Togo, Jeremy Blaustein
    • Package Design: Shogo Kumasaka, Satoshi Imaeda
    • Package Illustrator: Yuji Kaida
    • Translator: Scott T. Hards, Intac
  • Cast:
    • Gillian Seed: Jeff Lupetin
    • Metal Gear: Lucy Childs
    • Random Hajile: Ray Van Steen
    • Jamie Seed: Susan Mele
    • Mika Slayton: Kimberley Harne
    • Katrina Gibson: Lynn Foosaner
    • Snatcher: Jeff Lupetin
    • Napoleon: Jim Parks
    • Harry Benson: Ray Van Steen
    • Jean Jack Gibson: Jim Parks
    • Elijah Modnar: Ray Van Steen
    • Ivan Rodorigez: Jim Parks
    • Lisa: Lynn Foosaner
    • Chin Shu Oh: Ray Van Steen
    • Female Employee: Lucy Childs
    • Narrator: Ray Van Steen
    • Telephone Operator: Lynn Foosaner
    • Ramen Guy: Ray Van Steen
    • Fortune Teller: Susan Mele
  • Special Thanks: Michael Blaustein, Atsushi Fujio, Taeko Hayasaka, Kazuki Muraoka, Yoshihiko Oota, Motoaki Furukawa, Yoshikazu Matsuhana, Kenji Shinohara, Shinya Inoue
  • Produced By: Konami Co., Ltd.

Saturn version

  • Cast: Yusaku Yara, Mami Koyama, Kikuo Inoue, Kaneto Shiozawa, Miina Tominaga, Ryuji Saikachi, Isao Inoguchi, Goro Naya
Staff
  • Producer: Kazuhisa Hashimoto
  • Game Designer/Script Writer: Hideo Kojima
  • Scenario Command Compiler Programmer: Hiroki Honda
  • Main System Programmer: Tadaaki 'ぴょん' Tsunashima
  • Game Object Programmers: 〠Akinari Takaki〠, Takao 'ヤバ' Yamagishi, Kazuki 'Tails' Araki, Atsushi 'Pachi_Nakatani' Mizutani, Hiroyuki 'Gaglae' Asada
  • Adaptation: Kensuke Yoshitomi, Takao 'ヤバ' Yamagishi
  • Dot Graphics Drawers/Arrangers: Junko '❤' Koike, Mi '?' Kimura, Naoya '★' HATSUMI, Jun '6ゾロ' Asami, Takayuki '❄' Andou
  • 3D Graphics Modelers/Animaters: Masaya Shiraishi, Haggy, Tachan
  • Movie Data Editer: Yukito Komori, Akinari Takaki
  • Sound Programmer: Akiropito
  • Sound Mixer: Masanori Adachi
  • Music Composers/Arrangers/Performers: Kida Sun, Syouichirou Hirata
  • Sound Effects: Keizou Nakamura
  • Guest Composers: Akira Yamaoka, Hiroshi Tamawari
  • Guest Performer: Tappy
  • Original Score Composers: Kazuki Muraoka, Motoaki Furukawa, Akira Yamaoka, Hiroshi Tamawari, Kida Sun
  • Package&Manual Designer: Kazuhiro Iwasaki
  • Package Illustration: Tomiharu Kinoshita
  • Public Relations Officers: Nobuko Tsuboi, Hiroki Tabata, Taro Miyake
  • Special Thanks: H.'Spark'Ueda, Masayuki Aizawa, Mitsuhiro Togo, Hidenari Inamura, Makoto Toyama, Rieko Komatsubara, Youhei Kiyohara, Yumiko 'Arg' Takahashi
  • Executive Producer: Kazumi Kitaue
  • Developed by: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Co.,Ltd.
  • Presented by: Konami Co.,Ltd.
(C)1988 1996 Konami All Rights Reserved.

Magazine articles

Main article: Snatcher/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)[4]
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Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 [5]
85
76 №16, p73
84 [6]
93 №0212[7]
83 [8]
87 [9]
90 №24, p82
92 №7, p20
84 №28, p56-59
85 [10]
60 [11]
82 [12]
80 №40, p58/59
85 [13]
60 [14]
Sega Mega-CD
 82
Based on
16 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
90
[15]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
67
[16]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
84
[17]
Freak (IL)
85
[18]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
93
[19]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
80
[20]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[21]
Gamers (DE) PAL
87
[22]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
92
[23]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
83
[24]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
92
[25]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
83
[26]
Mega (UK) PAL
84
[27]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
87
[28]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
91
[29]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
85
[30]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[2]
Play Time (DE) PAL
77
[31]
Power Unlimited (NL)
83
[32]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[33]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
82
[12]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
80
[34]
Todo Sega (ES)
94
[35]
Ultimate Future Games (UK)
85
[36]
Video Games (DE) PAL
85
[37]
VideoGames (US)
60
[14]
Sega Mega-CD
 83
Based on
26 reviews

Snatcher

Mega-CD, US
Snatcher MCD US Box Back.jpgSnatcher MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Snatcher MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Snatcher mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, UK
Snatcher MCD EU Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngSnatcher MCD EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
Snatcher MCD UK spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
Snatcher MCD UK Disc.jpg
Disc
Snatcher mcd EU Manual.pdf
Manual

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №381, p32
80 [38]
83 [39]
Sega Saturn
 78
Based on
3 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[40]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
20
[41]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
75
[42]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[43]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
83
[44]
Sega Saturn
 66
Based on
5 reviews

Snatcher

Saturn, JP
Snatcher Saturn JP Box Back.jpgSnatcher Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
Snatcher Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
Snatcher Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
Snatcher Saturn JP Manual.pdf
Manual
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Reg Card
Snatcher Sega Saturn JP Stickers.jpg
Stickers
Snatcher Saturn JP GetTheSoft.pdf
Get The Soft Card

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
625,192,176 CD (UK) T-95035-05
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
625,192,176 CD (US) T-95035
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
546,176,736 1995-02-13 CD-ROM (JP) T-9508G V1.000

Track list

Saturn version

1. [data track 1]  
2. [data track 2]  
3. CD Warning message (special) (00:46) 
► Running time: 0:46

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 105
  3. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 86
  4. ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
  5. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 54-56 (54)
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 44 (46)
  7. ↑ http://junkerhq.net/cgi-bin/display.cgi?image=img506
  8. ↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 118 (120)
  9. ↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 38/39 (40)
  10. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 72-74 (72)
  11. ↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 99 (105)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 84
  13. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 90 (80)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 69
  15. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 54
  16. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
  17. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
  18. ↑ Freak, "3/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  19. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 26
  20. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 1 January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 70
  21. ↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 120
  22. ↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 40
  23. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-xx), page 20
  24. ↑ Game Informer, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
  25. ↑ Game Informer, "June 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 112
  26. ↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 54
  27. ↑ Mega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 56
  28. ↑ Mega Fun, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-21), page 85
  29. ↑ MegaTech, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 24
  30. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 72
  31. ↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 111
  32. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 35
  33. ↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 94
  34. ↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 58
  35. ↑ Todo Sega, "Febrero 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 44
  36. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 90
  37. ↑ Video Games, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 94
  38. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 231 (233)
  39. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 10 (12)
  40. ↑ Famitsu, "1996-04-05" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 1
  41. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 72
  42. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 12" (JP; 1996-05-24), page 70
  43. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-06 (1996-04-12)" (JP; 1996-03-22), page 233
  44. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12
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